--- name: "Matthew Lawrence" canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-lawrence" fi1m_id: "matthew-lawrence" imdb_id: "nm0492932" tmdb_id: 11716 wikidata_id: "Q471143" roles: ["Actor"] born: "11 February 1980" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 70 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-24T03:49:45.481216+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Matthew Lawrence ## Identity Matthew Lawrence - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-lawrence - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** matthew-lawrence - **IMDb ID:** nm0492932 - **TMDB ID:** 11716 - **Wikidata ID:** Q471143 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lawrence, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471143, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492932/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11716 Actor. Born 11 February 1980 in Abington Township, Pennsylvania, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 11 February 1980, Abington Township, Pennsylvania, USA - **Active:** 1993–2014 - **Also known as:** Matthew William Lawrence - **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2010s 67 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lawrence, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471143, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492932/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11716 ## Coming up - *Yellow Lights* (2026-12-01), as Mike Caufield ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Mrs. Doubtfire*](https://film.one/film/mrs-doubtfire.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Matthew Lawrence is an American actor and singer. Born Matthew William Mignogna on 11 February 1980 in Abington Township, Pennsylvania, he began acting in the mid-1980s and studied at HB Studio in New York City. He is the middle of three brothers, all actors: Joey and Andrew Lawrence. Lawrence is known for his role as Chris Hillard in the 1993 film *Mrs. Doubtfire*. He later played Jack Hunter in the television series *Boy Meets World* (1997–2000) and its sequel series *Girl Meets World* (2014). Other credits include *Planes, Trains and Automobiles* (1987), *Tales from the Darkside: The Movie* (1990), *The Hot Chick* (2002) and the series *Brotherly Love* (1995–1997), in which he starred with his brothers. He was married to dancer Cheryl Burke from 2019 to 2022. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Girl Meets World* (2014), Fi1m 67, as Jack Hunter — [page](https://film.one/tv/girl-meets-world.md) - *Mrs. Doubtfire* (1993), Fi1m 74, as Chris Hillard — [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-doubtfire.md) ## Complete filmography (66) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Yellow Lights* (2026), as Mike Caufield - *Marry Christmas* (2024), as Austin Wright · Executive Producer - *The Contract* (2024), as Brad - *My Best Friend the Baby Snatcher* (2023), as Richie - *Double Threat* (2023), as Jimmy - *Christmas on Repeat* (2022), as Nick - *Mistletoe Mixup* (2021), as Austin - *The Man Behind the Camera* (2021), as Kurt - *My Husband's Secret Brother* (2021), as William · Executive Producer - *The Dead of Night* (2021), as Luke Walker - *Money Plane* (2020), as The Cowboy - *The Office Mix-Up* (2020), as Greg - *Better Than Love* (2019), as Davies - *Desperate Waters* (2019), as Mike - *Psycho Granny* (2019), as Brad Kirkpatrick - *The Psycho She Met Online* (2017), as Andrew Hexley - *Evol* (2016), as Ben Dawson - *Girl Meets World* (2014), series, as Jack Hunter — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/girl-meets-world.md) - *The Dog Who Saved Easter* (2014), as Dr. Will - *Of Silence* (2014), as Brian - *Fort McCoy* (2014), as Dan Griffin - *My Santa* (2013), as Chris - *Workaholics* (2011), series, as Lance - *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Josh Baker — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md) - *Melissa & Joey* (2010), series, as Tony Longo - *Creature of Darkness* (2009), as Lance - *Making of 'Creature of Darkness'* (2008), as Lance - *Trucker* (2008), as Scott - *The Comebacks* (2007), as Lance Truman - *Monster Night* (2006), as Brock - *NCIS* (2003), series, as Danny Butler — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md) - *The Hot Chick* (2002), as Billy - *Cheats* (2002), as Victor - *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Chuck Shaw - *Jumping Ship* (2001), as Jake Hunter - *Boston Public* (2000), series, as Billy Deegan - *Glow* (2000), as Jeremy - *Horse Sense* (1999), as Cowboy at Airport (uncredited) - *H.E. Double Hockey Sticks* (1999), as Dave Heinrich - *Family Tree* (1999), as Mark Musser - *Rusty: A Dog's Tale* (1998), as Rusty the Dog (voice) - *Strike!* (1998), as Dennis - *Big Monster on Campus* (1998), as Frank Stein - *Angels in the Endzone* (1997), as Jesse Harper - *Brothers of the Frontier* (1996), as Aaron Frye - *Brotherly Love* (1995), series, as Matt Roman - *Bringing up Jack* (1995), series, Actor - *Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad: The Glitch That Stole Christmas* (1994), as Sam Collins - *Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad* (1994), series, as Sam Collins / Servo - *Mrs. Doubtfire* (1993), as Chris Hillard — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-doubtfire.md) - *Boy Meets World* (1993), series, as Jack Hunter - *With a Vengeance* (1992), Actor - *Walter & Emily* (1991), series, as Zach Collins - *Daddy* (1991), as Sam Watson - *Drexell's Class* (1991), series, Actor - *The Summer My Father Grew Up* (1991), as Timmy - *Joshua's Heart* (1990), as Joshua - *Blossom* (1990), series, as Joey at Age 11, Young Joey - *Tales from the Darkside: The Movie* (1990), as Timmy (Wraparound Story) - *David* (1988), as David Rothenberg - *Pulse* (1988), as Stevie - *Planes, Trains and Automobiles* (1987), as Little Neal - *Don't Touch* (1985), as Matt - *Sara* (1985), series, as Jesse Webber - *Gimme a Break!* (1981), series, as Matthew Donovan - *The First Circle*, as Banks ## Gallery - ![Matthew Lawrence](https://film.one/media/person/83173/gallery-1e5542f13513.jpg) Matthew Lawrence — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Matthew_Lawrence_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Boy Meets World cast members, Will Friedle, Rider Strong, Matthew Lawrence, Danielle Fishel, and Trina McGee, take a photo with a fan at GalaxyCon at Raleigh in (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/83173/gallery-dd2ab28cb2d9.jpg) Boy Meets World cast members, Will Friedle, Rider Strong, Matthew Lawrence, Danielle Fishel, and Trina McGee, take a photo with a fan at GalaxyCon at Raleigh in (2023) — Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Will_Friedle%2C_Rider_Strong%2C_Matt_Lawrence%2C_Danielle_Fishel%2C_Trina_McGee_Photo_Op_-_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2023.jpg/1280px-Will_Friedle%2C_Rider_Strong%2C_Matt_Lawrence%2C_Danielle_Fishel%2C_Trina_McGee_Photo_Op_-_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Matthew Lawrence](https://film.one/media/person/83173/gallery-5e0d63e05c20.jpg) Matthew Lawrence — Image via TMDB - ![Matthew Lawrence](https://film.one/media/person/83173/gallery-64f3182277be.jpg) Matthew Lawrence — Image via TMDB - ![Matthew Lawrence](https://film.one/media/person/83173/gallery-1544903740dc.jpg) Matthew Lawrence — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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